None of the three suited up for Hershey’s season-opening 4-3 overtime loss to the Adirondack Phantoms at Giant Center last Saturday night. Their departure still leaves 24 healthy skaters plus two goalies on the Bears’ roster, and Mike Haviland’s team plays just one game this weekend (Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton) and two next weekend (in St. John’s, Newfoundland).

Galiev, 21, had one assist in 17 games for the Bears last season and netted 47 points (23 goals, 24 assists) for Reading. A third-round draft pick of the Washington Capitals in 2010, he added four goals and seven assists in 10 playoff games, helping the Royals to their first ECHL title in franchise history.

Wey, 22, wrapped up a four-year career at Boston College last season by scoring a goal and assisting on 12 others in 37 games. The Pittsburgh native was a fourth-round selection by the Caps in the 2009 draft.

Cajkovsky, 21, had 10 goals and 24 assists in 66 games with the OHL’s Ottawa 67s last season. He joined the Bears on a tryout basis in the spring but did not get into a game. Cajkovsky signed an AHL contract with Hershey this summer and his rapid improvement caught everyone’s attention during Washington’s summer prospects camp and main training camp last month.

Reading opens its preseason schedule with a home game against the Wheeling Nailers on Friday night. The Royals' regular-season opener is Oct. 19 vs. the South Carolina Stingrays at the newly renamed Santander Center.